Killers of the Flower Moon

Scorsese at his best for a true tale of hideous heartland crimes

"...storytelling. By this, he meant that the director of Goodfellas and Casino is more interested in character and incident..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

What'cha Watchin'?

Account Executive Marisa Mirabal celebrates our First Plates issue with a menu of movies

"...that revenge is always a dish best served cold. Goodfellas(HBO Max, Amazon Prime)..."

July 30, 2021 Screens Column by Marisa Mirabal

Cherry

The Russos pull the threads between addiction and PTSD

"...rock that feel like the suburban cokehead sequences in Goodfellas; and, before the addiction, Cherry's trip through basic training..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Irishman

Scorsese's filmmaking excellence can't mask a flawed retreading of mob history

"...Of course Sheeran sits alongside Jimmy the Gent in Goodfellas and Casino's Ace Rothstein as the Mafia insider-outsider; but..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Piranhas

Naples' juvenile gangsters are more than mini-goodfellas

"...received comparisons – both favorable and unfavorable – to Goodfellas. As in Scorsese’s film, we are introduced to a..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Kitchen

1970s mob drama gets a #MeToo overhaul

"...how-to of Casino nor the super-kinetic speedball charisma of Goodfellas, and that’s before a third act gear change that..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 1

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 1-7

"...Goodfellas Scorsese’s amped-up, coked-up take on the true-life tale of..."

July 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Exposing the Art of the Scam in Lie, Cheat & Steal

Comics Pat Sirois and Kath Barbadaro school you on the grift in their podcast

"...turn into the day Ray Liotta got busted in Goodfellas. You're making sauce, there's helicopters, you're totally out of..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

American Made

Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal

"...there’s simply too much cash and gold to hide. (Goodfellas fans will note some similarities between the character of..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chuck

The rise and fall of the real-life Rocky

"...cocaine consumption, Chuck’s rise-and-fall story bears greater resemblance to Goodfellas than Rocky or Raging Bull...."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Some Secret Grotto

Men don't fear commitment

"...Maybe you also didn't notice that the Dallas Cowboys'..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Extended Stay

The restaurants of the JW Marriott

"...a more casual vibe, complete with banquette booths for Goodfellas-style confabs. It was in one of the latter spots..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Robert Kurtzman Invades Garth Manor

FX legend talks Evil Dead 2

"...it over and over again. I guess it's like Goodfellas for me or The Godfather. I can't shut it..."

July 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye: 2014 Top 10s

Counting down what gave a lady hope in 2014

"...her brazenness in co-opting "Eff you, pay me" from Goodfellas in "Girls (Run the World)" or the fact that..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Film to Table

The Austin Film Festival celebrates two Austin obsessions

"..."My favorite has to be the scene in Goodfellas where they are making an Italian dinner in prison,..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Food Feature by Nadia Chaudhury

An Evening With Kevin Corrigan

Just two old friends sharing stories and laughs

"...about music. When I was on the set of GoodFellas, I wanted to know about the songs used in..."

June 24, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese's latest take on the American hoodlum is a relentlessly wild ride.

"...time and again in films such as Mean Streets, GoodFellas, Casino, and Gangs of New York. Here the thugs..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Family

The family that slays together, stays together – even in witness protection.

"...The explicit reference to GoodFellas and the presence of De Niro as the head..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Letters at 3AM: A Sicilian on the Mob

We have not seen real Sicilian mobsters onscreen

"...Nothing. A scent of mercilessness – Joe Pesci in Goodfellas or Casino, but without Pesci's charm...."

Oct. 7, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Gotta Get Up

Harry Nilsson, the Pussy Cat who roared

"...Into the Fire," which soundtracks a pivotal sequence in Goodfellas...."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Animal Kingdom

An Australian family that commits crimes together avoids time together in this brutal look at the human survival instinct.

"...sense of imminent demise, Animal Kingdom calls to mind GoodFellas, though it lacks that film’s breathtaking narrative crescendo and..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Middle Men

Middle Men journeys backward in Internet history to 1995 when two coked-up ne'er-do-wells created the first dial-up, porn-on-demand website.

"...breezily profane panache and no small debt to both GoodFellas and Boogie Nights, Middle Men journeys backward in Internet..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Prophet

This riveting French film is the best prison/crime saga to come along in quite a while.

"...such a claim. Audiard’s film ranks up there with GoodFellas, both Scarfaces, The Godfathers, Oz, the gangster films of..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Interview With the Toros Marcus Williams

"...Lil' Wayne, man. AC: And your favorite movie? MW: Goodfellas. AC: Finally, have the Clippers talked to you about..."

April 2, 2008 Sports Post by Matt Moore

Born Free

Dissecting delectably devious Dexter

"...audio-visual cortex no less than “Gimme Shelter” dropping in GoodFellas. Now, Dexter has skinned “Born Free.”..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Slow Burn

Slow Burn – starring Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, and Mekhi Phifer – becomes one of those movies that’s so bad, it’s almost entertaining. Almost.

"...J is no Kevin Spacey and Liotta’s days of GoodFellas brilliance have settled into a hazy memory. Spoon-feeding every..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Departed

Watching this new film by Scorsese is tantamount to falling in love with the director all over again.

"...life to something sui generis in Mean Streets and GoodFellas, the guy who made the pale white underbelly of..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Securing the Substance

Richard Linklater on his adaptation of A Scanner Darkly

"...RL: Exactly. Or Goodfellas. Stoners will like this because it's of that world...."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TCB

TCB is away on vacation, but not before leaving readers with (hopefully) a couple of laps – and this year's ACL Fest lineup

"...Like Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction, its soundtrack advances Bull Durham's story..."

May 19, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

'Above Us Only Sky'

Marion Winik's new collection: an excerpt

"...letter," she wrote back. "I felt like Tommy in Goodfellas: I thought I told you to go fuck your..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Books Feature

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